Store-service apparatus.



No. 652,6l4. Patented June 26, |900.

^ E. w. e. H. T. HAYS. STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

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EDWARD. WARD HAYS AND HENRY THOMAS HAYS, OF GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,614, dated June 26, 1900.

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Be it known that we, EDWARD WARD HAY's and HENRY THOMAS HAYS, of Greenwood, Greenwood county, South Carolina, have invented certain new and usefullmprovemeuts in Store-Service Apparatus; and we hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improvementin cashcarriers and storeservice apparatus; and its object is to provide a simple and economical apparatus which can be easily erected by ordinary workmen and which consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of one set of apparatus. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a View showing how a series of similar sets of the apparatus may converge at one point-as at the cashiers desk, for example. Figs. 4 and 5 are side and sectional views of the carrier and suspended receptacle, showing the locking-joint thereof. Fig. G isv an enlarged sectional elevation showing the mechanism for adjusting the track-wire. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of one of the hangers, showing the ball-bearings for the sleeve carrying the propelling-wheel.

A designates a shaft which is mounted in a hanger B, of any suitable construction, which maybe hung from a wall-bracket 0,' as lndicated 1n thedrawingsUpon this shaft A is mounted a sleeve D, which is preferably j ournaled upon the shaft by ball-bearings d, asindicated in Fig. 7, or in any other suitable manner to lessen the friction. Upon the sleeve D is a peripherally-grooved wheel E, over which runs an endless cord or wire F, which extends to and overa similar grooved wheel E', mounted on a sleeve D on a shaft A in a suitable hangerB, which maybe supported in any suitable manner. As shown, hanger B has a threaded shank h, which extends through a socket or eye gou the bracket G of any suitable construction, a pipebracket being shown, and the hanger B can be longitudinally adjustedin relation to the bracket G by means of a nut b on shank b,

so as to put the desired tension upon the cord F, as shown. A track-wire H is strung between the hangers B B. One end of wire H may be connected to a tubular nut h, screwed upon a threaded lug 7L', attached to hanger B, s0 that the wire H can be properly tautened. Upon this wire H is suspended the carrier I, which is provided with suitable wheels i, as usual, ruiming upon the wire, and the lower part of the carrier is -preferably conical or cylindrical and is provided on its lower edge with a stiffened ring I', formed with diametrically-opposite loops I2, registering with L-slots I3' in the lower wall of the carrier.

J is a removable receptacle to be hung from the carrier, provided with opposite pins j, which can be passed upward through the loops I2 in ring I into engagement with the slots I3, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.` By means of the looped ring I the open ends of the key-slots are protected and stiffened.

The carrierI is made fast to the cord F and is moved back and forth on wire H by means of said cord, which is driven in either direction by properly rotating the sleeves D D. These sleevescan be rotated by means of pull-cords K K', which vare respectively wrapped aroundthe same, but in opposite directions, so that by pulling on the cords K K alternately the carrier I will be reciprocated back and forth along the wire H.

The opposite ends of an actuating-cord L are wrapped in opposite directions around the respective sleevesD D.V This cord is useful for many purposes. In the first place, when a positive rotation is given one sleeve by means of a pull-cord the cord L will impart a similari positive rotation to the other sleeve, and thusinsure the properturning of the sleeves and the alternate rewinding of the cords K K. Further, when the apparatus is sufficiently low the cord L canfbe used instead of the pull-cords, andby pulling cord L the operator can shift the carrier toward or from him, as may be desired, in either direction and can bring the carrier to him orsend it from him at any point intermediate the terminals of the carrier-wire H. In some cases the track I on wire H may be used for IOO parcels or heavy weights, and a cash-carrier I J can be suspended fronnthe upper run of the cord F, as indicated in. Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

Braking-levers M may be pivoted on the hangers B B', with their spring-arms 'm projecting over the terminals of the wire H in position to contact with and arrest the movement of the carrier I, as indicated in Figs. l and G. The upstanding arms m' o f levers M may be provided with a brake-surface which is adapted to contact the periphery of the ad- -joining wheel E or E when the arm m is thrown up by the carrier. These levers therefore serve the double purpose of arresting the movement of the carrier and braking Jthe wheels E E'.

Thel simplicity, utility, and operation of the device will be obvious from the foregoing, and further explanation is unnecessary.

vHaving thus described our invention, what we therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is

l. In a cashfcarrier, the combination of the hangers, the Wheels journaled therein, the endless cord stretched between said wheels, the track-wire strung between the hangers, and the carrier mounted on said wire and attached to said cord; with the actuating-cord having its ends respectively attached to the yopposite Wheel sleeves and respectively wound thereon in opposite directions, `for the purpose and substantially as described.

2. In a cash-carrier, the combination of the brackets, the sleeves journaled therein carrying grooved wheels, the endless cord stretched between said Wheels, the track-wire strung between the brackets, and the carrier mounted on said wire and attached to said cords; with the actuating-cord havingits ends attached to the opposite sleeves and wound thereon in opposite directions; the pull-cords attached to the respective sleeves and oppositely wound thereon, for the purpose and substantially as described.

3. The combination of the propelling-wheel, the carrier; and the combined wheel-braking and carrier-arresting lever pivoted beside the propelling-wheel and adapted to arrest the movement of the carrier and simultaneously brake the propelling-wheel, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the propelling-wheel and cord, the carrier-track and the carrier thereon connected to said cord, with the combined wheel-braking and carrier-arresting lever pivoted on the wheel-support adapted, when struck by the carrier, to arrest the movement thereof and simultaneously brake the Wheel, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the carrier having key-slots in its lower edge and the reinforcing-band around the lower edge of the carrier having loops beside and extending across the entrant ends of the key-slots to hold the sides of the latter; with the removable receptacle having lugs adapted to engage the keyslots of the carrier and suspend the receptacle therefrom, substantially as described.

6. In a cash-carrier, the combination of the opposite hangers, one of said hangers being provided with a threaded shank, a fixed bracket having an eye through which said shank passes and a nut on said shank for laterally adjusting said bracket and tensioning the endless cord, the sleeves journaled in said hangers carrying grooved wheels, the endless cord stretched between said wheels, the track-wire strung between the hangers, the carrier mounted on said wire and attached to said cord, and the actuating-cord attached to the sleeves and wound thereon in opposite directions, substantially as described.

7. In a cash-carrier, the combination of the hangers, the sleeves journaled therein carrying grooved wheels, the endless cord stretched between said wheels, the track-wire strung between the hangers, the carrier mounted on` said wire and attached to said cord, the actuating-cord attached to the sleeves and wound thereon in opposite directions, and the car rier-arresting and wheel-braking levers pivoted on said hanger, for the purposeand substantiallyas described.

8. The combination of the opposite hangers, the wheels journaled therein,the endless cord strung between said brackets, the carrier` attached to the lower run of said cord and a second carrier attached to and supported by and suspended from the upper run of said cord; with pullcords for operating said wheels and an actuating-cord having its opposite ends attached to the sleeves of said wheels, and its extremities wound in opposite directions around the respective sleeves,

substantially as described.

9. In a cash-carrier, the combination of the brackets, the shafts fixed therein and. the

sleeves journaled on said shafts carrying grooved wheels, the endless cord stretched between said wheels, the carrier-wire strung between the brackets, the carrier mounted on said wire and attached to said cord, the actuating-cord having its opposite ends attached to the sleeves and wound thereon in opposite directions, pull-cords attached to the respective sleeves. and oppositely wound thereon, and

vthe carrier-arresting and wheel-braking lever pivoted on said hanger, for the purpose and ysubstantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD WARD IIAYS. HENRY THOMAS HAYS. In presence of W. H. KERR, D. H. MAeILL.

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